Cabinet



F. J. HRUSKA.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MM2-4.1911.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

/0 qA/o 5D 5A .5 /2/4 Summa/toc' m@ UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE- FRANKJ. HRUSKA, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, ASSIGNORTO L FEBURE LEDGrERl COMPANY,0F CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. j

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Application led May 24, 1917. Serial No. 170,657.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK J. HRUsKA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cabinets, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to cabinets and consists in certain improvementsin the construction thereof as will be hereinafter fully described andpointed out in the claim.

More particularly the invention relates to cabinets particularlydesigned for posting.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as followsFigure 1 shows a perspective view of the device with the drawer closed.

Fig. Q, a similar view with the Vdrawer open.

The cabinet is made up of the base l, sides 2 and rear 3. These andpreferably the entire cabinet are formed ofi metal. The cabinet isdivided into two compartments by a plate 4L. A drawer 5 is arranged inthe lower compartment.

The upper compartment is ordinarily divided by partition plates 6 intotwo compartments, 7-7. The partition plate 6 is preferably hollow andadapted to slip over the angle piece 6 secured to the rear wall of thecompartment. A pin 6b at the forward end of the plate 6 holds the frontend in place. A small compartment 8 is formed at the rear of the uppercompartment by means of the plate 7a. This may be used for anyconvenient purpose.

The drawer 5 is formed with the bottom 5a, rear 5b and sides 5. A flange5d extends down from the plate 4 and contacts Vthe rear piece 5b whenthe drawer is withdrawn, thus limiting its outward movement. The draweris provided with a series of posts 9 which divide it into compartments10 for the reception of checks. The middle posts are screw-threaded at9a so that they may be removed when it is desired to post sheets oflarger size than checks.

The front 11 is hinged at 11a to the front edge of the base and isadapted to swing down to form a guide way and support for the drawer 5when the drawer is drawn out. -The front 11 has the side flanges 12which form guides for the drawer as drawn out and also form anoverlapping portion which passes by the front edges of the sides 2 whenthe front is closed, thus rendering flange 16 forming a lap joint overthe front' 11, in this manner locking the front in closed position. Theedges 17 of the lids form lap joints with each other.

. In posting checks the pile of checks being posted is placed in thefront compartment 10. The check as posted is turned over and placed inthe rear compartment 10. The deposit slips from which the posting isdone are arranged in one of the compart-n ments 7 and those that havebeen posted are turned face down in the other compartment. Thesecompartments as will benoticed are accessible from the front and top sothat the checks or slips can be readily observed and are readilyaccessible to be changed as the posting proceeds. If the posting is notcompleted the cabinet may be closed at any point and the slips andchecks are retained so that the operation may be taken up where it isleft off.

Where larger sheets than checks or deposit slips are being posted thepartition 6 may be removed, the guide piece 6a holding it in placewhenin use in connection with the post 6*. l

What I claim as new is A In a cabinet, the combination of a case havingan upper and lower compartment, the upper compartment being partitionedfrom front to rear; a drawer in the lower compartment partitionedcrosswise of the drawer, saidv drawer when open being in steppedrelation to the upper compartment,

the partitions 'of the `drawer extending in opposite directions from thepartitions of the upper compartment; a front hinged at the bottomandwhen open forming a platform for the drawer, said front havingflanges lapping the sides of the case when closed; and a folding top forthe cabinet having a flange extending when the top is closed over thefront and locking the front in closed position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK J. HRUSKA.

